About 1,780,000 results; that's what you get when you Google "leadership style quiz."

But out of the million-plus leadership quizzes, books, and blogs out there we can say the following with absolute certainty: there is nothing like the Girls With Ideas Leadership Style Quiz. Our quiz is the only assessment written for girls, by girls.

Lightning strikes whenever you’re in the room! Lightning Bolt, you are a fun girl to be around. You are always positive and upbeat, with a dash of spontaneity that keeps things interesting for your friends and family.

Recently we've been speaking all over for Girls With Ideas and having so much fun! Part of our business is providing workshop and keynote presentations for both girls and women and we love doing it in small groups and conferences. Find out more about having Girls With Ideas speak to your group here!

This is the fifth lesson in our curriculum and is called Leadership Styles in Action. We have done this lesson with girls of all ages and it is always a huge hit. It is a problem-solving activity that allows girls to see how they can use their leadership styles to work together.

We are gearing up to launch our business this Thursday, November 3, 2016 at the Launch Day for the Iowa Startup Accelerator. We will have six minutes to share the story of our business on stage at the Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Since July, the four Girls With Ideas team members have been in the same place at the same time for a grand total of 5 days. Some might see that and ask ‘how can that possible work well?’ In fact, when we first began the accelerator there was a lot of concern expressed at the fact that we had a geographically distributed team and that our two remote team members would not be dropping everything to come to the accelerator.

There is a ton of discussion today about women’s representation in STEM fields and how we can do better. As with any multi-faceted problem, there is no one right way to solve it. Earlier this month, The Real Reason Women Quit Tech came out, and drew attention to a study that found the top reason women leave companies is because of “a concern for lack of advancement opportunities.” In fact, women are twice as likely to quit the tech industry as men.

This week the GWI Team joined our ISA cohort at the Global Accelerator Network Founder’s Rally in Denver. In preparation for leaving we had more business cards printed, ordered Girls With Ideas t-shirts to rep our business proudly, and sent out our initial round of Kickstarter orders.

There is a similarity amongst the four of us on the Girls With Ideas Team. We are people who have a clear vision for what we want the future to look like, and then we find a way to make it reality. Our vision is not only about the impact we want to have through our products; it is also about the company we want to build. We believe that we can do work that matters and that we can make money doing it. We believe that “commitment” and “passion” are not measured solely by hours logged and work produced.

When we started Girls With Ideas our team spent a lot of thinking about the values of our business and the way that we wanted to lead. As a business that is teaching about leadership, it was important for us to lead intentionally and be thoughtful about the culture we wanted to create within our organization.